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Gazetted Holidays 17

Date Day Holiday Date Day Holiday Jan 26 Tue Republic Day Aug 19 Thu Muharram Mar 29 Mon Aug 30 Mon Janmashtami Apr 02 Fri Good Friday Oct 02 Sat Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday Apr 21 Wed Ram Navami Oct 15 Fri Dussehra Apr 25 Sun Mahavir Jayanti Oct 19 Tue Milad-un-Nabi (Id-e-Milad) May 14 Fri Id-ul-Fitr* Nov 04 Thu (Deepavali) May 26 Wed Buddha Nov 19 Fri Guru Nanak’s Birthday July 21 Wed Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) Dec 25 Sat Christmas Day Aug 15 Sun Independence Day (* Subject to sighting of moon)

Restricted Holidays 34

Date Day Holiday Date Day Holiday Jan 01 Fri ’s Day May 09 Sun Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday Jan 13 Wed Jul 12 Mon Rath Yatra Jan 14 Thu Makara / Mega / Aug 16 Mon Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauroz Jan 20 Wed Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday Aug 21 Sat or Thiru Onam Day Feb 16 Tue Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami Aug 22 Sun Feb 19 Fri Shivaji Jayanti Aug 30 Mon Janmashtami (Smarta) Feb 26 Fri Hazrat Ali’s Birthday Sep 10 Fri Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Feb 27 Sat Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday Oct 12 Tue Dussehra (Saptami) Mar 08 Mon Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti Oct 13 Wed Dussehra (Mahashtami) Mar 11 Thu Oct 14 Thu Dussehra (Mahanavami) Mar 28 Sun / Dolyatra Oct 20 Wed Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday Apr 04 Sun Easter Sunday Oct 24 Sun Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) Apr 13 Tue Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Nov 04 Thu Naraka Chaturdasi / / Nov 05 Fri Apr 14 Wed Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day Nov 06 Sat Bhai Duj Apr 15 Thu Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) Nov 10 Wed Pratihar or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) May 07 Fri Jamat-ul-Vida Nov 24 Wed Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day Dec 24 Fri Christmas Eve Dr. Naeem Ahmed, Senior Technical Director, NIC-HQ, New Delhi, [email protected]